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  • present participle of cull.
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culling

[kuhl-ing] / ˈkʌl ɪŋ /






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One eye-catching policy is to put some of the cash towards deer management, including targeted culling.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

For now efforts are aimed at culling the vast deer herd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Admittedly, Ms. Browne’s culling and slimming at times curtails crucial information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I always think, like the song, about cleaning it up or at least culling it so I could get all the records off the floor and onto the shelves.”

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

It was a lousy job, but twice a day, someone at the farm had to do the culling.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings


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